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Living in the United States we enjoy many independences and freedoms. Although most of these freedoms seem normal and like they have always been there, almost all have been earned through determination and having to give up something. Freedom of speech is perhaps the most valued and contentious right out of all of the rights we have earned. Our ancestors worked hard to make sure that we could have the freedom that they were not given. On the First Amendments one of the rights listed is freedom…

Introduction: Human rights are universal and promote the equality of all humans by providing life chances and fairness in the society, it also protects people from oppression by other authorities. The creation of human rights are influenced by what is perceived as natural laws (sometimes religion) and also moral views of the society, so they are created with the intent of protecting individual interests and are overriding. Human rights are also normative in our modern society, they bring…

This essay will be answering the Question of how a particular Jungian Archetype is represented in a film. The film ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’ has been chosen for this analysis, because of its wide range of characters that represent Jungian archetypes. Before beginning the analysis on the film, it is important to state the definition of a Jungian archetype. In his essay ‘Psychology and Religion’, Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung describes archetypes as ‘…forms or images of…

Although the modern human rights system was officially established with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948, the concept and discourse of rights have a much longer history of conception and contestation. Yet despite advances in recognizing the rights of some, there were always other humans who were excluded. Sometimes such exclusion from rights was explicit and intended; other times it was just taken for granted as the natural order of society and civilization. In…

Going to the corner store to buy a lottery ticket is the routine of millions of people across Canada, but what if winning meant death? Tradition is more important to some than others. The citizens of a small village in the short story “The Lottery” value tradition enough that they would kill one of their own every year to refrain from breaking it. To these people, human sacrifice seems like going to the doctor, or doing your taxes, rather than murder; it is a yearly task that they want to get…

Women in History All throughout history, women have changed the way one may think or treat others. Many of these women risked their own life to make others better. Even if these women had their own personal problems, they would put them aside to make others problems shrink. Many of these women have risked everything they had to help others. Mother Teresa, Dorothea Dix, and Irena Sendler are just a few examples of world changing women from our past. Mother Teresa is just one prime examples of…

Independent Community School District, 1969.) Parents stated there was a violation of students’ right to free speech, and the court agreed (Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 1969.) In the case of McCollum v. Board of Education (1948,) allowing religious classes during school hours, as…

The United States of America displayed many inconsistencies via their immigration policies in their treatment of the Holocaust survivors. Before the end of World War II, anti-semitic sentiments could be seen on posters within most major cities and by those that were elected into political positions.It was widely contested that should America, still trying to recover from the effects of the Great Depression, have allowed more refugees than what was permissible, it would have “created more…

Alireza Taraz English IV 1st Block Mr. Arnett, M. Ed 10/9/2017 George R.R. Martin George Raymond Richard Martin, born as George Raymond Marin (September 20, 1948) is an American novelist writer in the fantasy, horror and science fiction. He sold his first short story, "The Hero," to Galaxy, a science fiction magazine, which was published in 1971. He published nine novels, ten short story collections, and one children's book. From all of his good work one of his best known is the Song of…

The original text of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, has not changed significantly over the years. The text has been reprinted into a multitude of facsimiles, all retaining the same style of writing and speaking used in the original copy. The original play of Hamlet has been adapted over the years in film, to make an iconic and historic play more relatable to its audiences. These adaptations retain the combination of verse and prose used in the original version of Hamlet. This shows that Hamlet…